The star's latest single 'Mirrors' comes in at over eight minutes in length, while previous tracks including 'What Goes Around... Comes Around' and 'LoveStoned' were also over seven minutes.

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Timberlake cited Queen and Led Zeppelin as inspirations for producing epic tracks in favour of radio-friendly songs.

"When we were making the record I said, 'If Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin can do 10-minute songs and Queen can do 10-minute songs then why can't we?'" he told Capital FM.

"We'll figure out the radio edits later.''

'Mirrors' currently sits at the top of the iTunes chart, and could stand to be one of the longest number one singles of all time.

Timberlake also named Bob Dylan as his musical "idol", saying that the folk legend inspires him in the studio.

''Music is for dreamers," he said. "You should be able to create another world that you can live in. I'm not gonna speak for Bob Dylan - he's one of my idols - but from my perspective, as a fan, it seems to me that he started creating music that made him feel like another person and that's what it should do.